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Florentino, a lone plainsmen, crosses paths with a man in a black hat and black cloak on a black horse — i.e., el Diablo himself.
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Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
The poet-philosophers of the plains (and every plainsman is one) know that the plains are unknowable in their totality, and are therefore charged with possibility.
—Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2017
For Murnane, for the plainsmen, this obviously apparent richness of the actual is a kind of poverty.
—Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2017
Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
The poet-philosophers of the plains (and every plainsman is one) know that the plains are unknowable in their totality, and are therefore charged with possibility.
—Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2017
For Murnane, for the plainsmen, this obviously apparent richness of the actual is a kind of poverty.
—Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2017
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“Plainsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plainsman. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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plainsman
noun
plains·man
ˈplānz-mən 
: a person who lives on the plains
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